Fiat 500x User Manual page 77

Overtaking Traffic
If you pass another vehicle slowly with a relative speed less than 15 mph (25 km/h) and
the vehicle remains in the blind spot for approximately 1.5 seconds, the warning light will
be illuminated. If the difference in speed between the two vehicles is greater than
15 mph (25 km/h), the warning light will not illuminate.
The BSM system is designed not to issue an alert on stationary objects such as guardrails,
posts, walls, foliage, berms, etc. However, occasionally the system may alert on such ob-
jects. This is normal operation and your vehicle does not require service.
The BSM system will not alert you of objects that are traveling in the opposite direction
of the vehicle in adjacent lanes.
The Blind Spot Monitoring system is only an aid to help detect objects in the blind spot
zones. The BSM system is not designed to detect pedestrians, bicyclists, or animals. Even
if your vehicle is equipped with the BSM system, always check your vehicles mirrors,
glance over your shoulder, and use your turn signal before changing lanes. Failure to do
so can result in serious injury or death.
Rear Cross Path (RCP)
The Rear Cross Path (RCP) feature is intended to aid the driver when backing out of
parking spaces where their vision of oncoming vehicles may be blocked. Proceed slowly
and cautiously out of the parking space until the rear end of the vehicle is exposed. The
RCP system will then have a clear view of the cross traffic and if an oncoming vehicle is
detected, alert the driver.
RCP monitors the rear detection zones on both sides of the vehicle, for objects that are
moving toward the side of the vehicle with a minimum speed of approximately 1 mph
(2 km/h), to objects moving a maximum of approximately 22 mph (35 km/h), such as in
parking lot situations.
NOTE:
In a parking lot situation, oncoming vehicles can be obscured by vehicles parked on either
side. If the sensors are blocked by other structures or vehicles, the system will not be
able to alert the driver.
When RCP is on and the vehicle is in REVERSE, the driver is alerted using both the vi-
sual and audible alarms, including reducing the radio volume.
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